Unit 5: Crustal Features & Plate Boundaries Vocabulary

Unit 5: Crustal Features & Plate Boundaries Vocabulary

8th Grade

18 Qs

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Unit 5: Crustal Features & Plate Boundaries Vocabulary

Unit 5: Crustal Features & Plate Boundaries Vocabulary

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Areas where plates move toward each other and collide, causing uplift.

convergent

divergent

transform

fault

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid oceanic ridges or rift valleys.

convergent

divergent

transform

fault

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Areas where two plates grind past each other resulting in faults such as the San Andreas. Earthquakes often occur at fault lines.

convergent

divergent

transform

fault

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.

mountain range on land

trench

transform

fault

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An area in the middle of a continental plate where the plate is beginning to separate. A large valley will form in the area as the crust thins.

mountain range on land

trench

rift zone

fault

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.

underwater mountain range

trench

rift zone

(mid) oceanic ridges

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Long, continuous volcanic chain of various mountains along an oceanic ridge.

underwater mountain range

trench

rift zone

oceanic ridges

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